Electrogenic body device.



N0.s71, 179. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907.

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ELEOTROGBNIG BODY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1907.

Liz'zfnesses; inventor:

ception of a dis TEs P ENT onsicnf ALBERT R. COOPER, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

speeification of Letters Patent.

@ nimc'r'noenmc son! nsvrcn Application filed February 14,1907. Serialllo- 857|30 6.

To all whom it mag concern;

y Be it known that I, ALBERT R. CooPnR, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of and usefulImprovement in Electric Shoes, of which the ollowing is a specification.

invention relates. to improvements in shoes provided withelectro-galvanic body devices as applicable in the art of therapeutics,and consists of a pair of shoes provided with such devices so disposedtherein as to be in electrical contact with the bottom of the feet andelectrically communicate with the earth therebelow. i

p The novelty of my invention consists in v constructing 1n' the heel ofa shoe a device 7 comprising a galvanic pair and an insulated excitant,as acetic acid'having immersed therein a quantity of carbon and copper,and means of connecting such electro-excitant with the external circuit.

The object of my invention is to electrify anddeelectrify the human bodyfor the purpose ofaiding in the treatment, relief, and cure of diseases.

trated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 indicates a shoedisclosing a vertical section of a shoe heel and a sectional view of mydevice as arranged therein. Fig. 2 indicates the mate to Fig. 1 anddiscloses a longitudinal section of a shoe sole as provided withdeelectrifyin conductors.

In the construction 0 shoes provided with my device a galvanic paircomprising a zinc late'l and a copper plate 2 is attached to the insole3 at the heel. About the center of the body portion of said galvanicpair a circu lar recess or opfning is provided for the re- -headedconductor 4 inserted therem and extending therethrough so that theflange of the disk-head will overlap the edge of said recess and rest uon thesurface of the zinc plate. The end 0 said conductor is ada ted toproject downward into the heel o the shoe through a recess provided forthat purpo end and body portion of said conductor 4 an insulated cavityor'cell 5 is provided for the retention of an eIectro excitant. Thiscavity or cell is formed by cutting away a portion of the interior ofthe shoe heel around the projecting end and body portion of theconacetic acid, and sealed wit cell suitable for the retention of anelectro' I attain this object with the device herein described, andillusse. Around the projecting ductor 4 and insulating the wallof thecavity thus formed with a coating of cement made of ara rubber, or withother suitable 'insulating material. The cavity thus insulated is thenfilled with an electro-excitant, which may be composed of cop a layer ofheel Patented Nov. 19, 1907;

er, carbon, and

tap having the part next to the cavity coated with the insulatingmaterial. excitant is adapted to excite the galvanic pair, electrically,and iselectrically connected therewith by means of the conductor 4.

The numeral, 6 indicates a copper conductor driveninto the bottom of theshoe heel through a suitable opening provided for that purpose, and isadapted 'to form electrical connection between t e contents of the cell5 and the earth. i The numerals 7, 8, and'9 indicate a lurality ofdeelectrifyin'g or ground con uctors made to extend through the sole ofthe opposite shoe for the purpose of completing the circuitwith theearth, and deelectrify the body, when the shoes are upon the feet andthe wearer is standing upon the ground. These conductors should be madeof copper and rovided with large disk heads to insure goo contact withthe bottom of the foot, and flattened at the other ends to insure goodcontact with the earth.

Said electro- The device as shown 1s adapted to charge I or electrifythe human body through contact with the galvanic pair at the bottomofthe foot, and to discharge or deelectrify the human body through acircuit formed with the earth by the conductors at the bottom of the soes.

The life and'usefulness of the device may be prolonged by frequentlypolishing the surface of the zinc occasionally wit drawing the con uctor4 and refilling the cell with common vinegar of good quality, thensand-paper the conductor and re-insert it in its place.

late with sand-pa er, and

I am aware of the existence of various electro-therapeutic devices forconnecting the human body with theearth at the bottom of the feet. Itherefore -disclaim allothers now known except as herein described.

Having claim:

1. A device of the character described,

fully described my invention, .1

comprising the combination of a shoe, a galvamc pair, the heel of theshoe,

means of electrical con' nection between said galvanic pair and SB-1d agalvanic cell in the interior of,

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when the shoes' are wearer is standing upon the groundyone foot galvaniccell, and means of electrical connection between the terminals of saidgalvanic cell, which means consists of a circuit formed of the humanbody and the earth, wherein, upon-the feet and the is in contact with aterminal of said cell in the interior of one shoe, and the opposite footis in contact with suitable conductors extending through the sole of theshoe thereon, and these conductors are in contact with the earththerebelow, and the earth'completes the circuit by contact with theother terminal of said cell at the bottom of the shoe heel.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of a shoe, agalvanic pair in the interior of the said shoe, a galvanic cellconsisting of an insulated cavity in the interior of the shoe heel andan electro-excitant composed of copper, carbon,-and acetic acid, meansof electrical connection between said galvanic pair and said galvaniccell, and

terminal of said cell terminals of said consists .of a circuit formed ofthe human means of electrical connection between the galvanic cell,which means.

body and the earth, wherein, when the shoes are upon the feet and thewearer is standing upon the ground, one foot is in contact with a in theinterior of one shoe, and the o posite foot is in contact with suitablecond iictors extending through the sole I of the shoe thereon, and theseconductors are in contact with the earth therebelow, and the earthcompletes the other terminal of said cell at the bottom of the shoeheel. In witness whereof I have hereunto afed my signature inthepres'en'ce of 'two witnesses this 18th day of January, 1907.

ALBERT RIOOOPER. Witnesses:

' WILLIAM L. DAVID, a FRANK M. CARPENTER.

' It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 871,479, grantedovember, 19,1907,

. upon the application of Albert R.Cooper, of Findlay, was erroneouslywritten and printed Electrogenic title should have been written andprinted Electric- Ohio, thetitle of the invention Body Devices, whereasthe said Shoes; and that the said Letters Patent should be read withthis correction therein that the same may conform to the record of thecase in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 17th day of December, A. D., 1907.

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